-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Thank you for this link and feedback. I didn't succeed to do what I want till now but I'm working on :-D
2007/11/16, Nate Nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > The old version of News at Seven used procedural materials (512x512 > IIRC) to play movies, and that seemed to run ok. It was a small map > with not much going on, but it was also just running on my non-beefy > laptop, and I definitely did not know what I was doing. Here's a > link to the Wiki with code we used for playing movies: > http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Avi_materials > > Nate > > On 16/11/2007, Christopher Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In my experience of trying a procedural material is it is slow unless > you > > really know what you are doing. Trying to brute force change every pixel > > every call to the regenerator met with bad results unless the texture > was > > 256x256 or smaller. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Janek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 3:57 AM > > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Dynamically creating material including text > > > > > > > -- > > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > > Thx Paul and Mike for your suggestions. I think I will try both of > them. > > > Paul's solution seems easier as we can use standard vgui functions > > > (surface->Draw*) but I don't know if render target will be updated at > the > > > correct framerate. > > > Mike's solution sounds more complex (I don't know which command I can > use > > > to > > > select a font, a color and to draw text) but it is a real material. > > > > > > I'll work on that. Ty very much for your help mates. > > > > > > 2007/11/16, Paul Peloski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> > > >> -- > > >> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > >> Another, easier way is with a render target. > > >> > > >> Initializing: > > >> > > >> - Create a render target texture of the size you need (derive > > >> CBaseClientRenderTargets, you have to init a render target at the > right > > >> time), call it something like _my_rt0 > > >> > > >> Drawing: > > >> > > >> - Use SetRenderTargetAndViewPort to set the render target and view > area > > >> - Clear the render target > > >> - Paint a vgui control or several vgui controls (call > Paint/PaintTraverse > > >> or > > >> something manually) or, use surface->Draw* > > >> - The render target now contains whatever vgui painted, and you can > > >> reference it in a .vmt using $basetexture "_my_rt0". > > >> > > >> The way Mike suggested hasn't really worked for me, I had problems > trying > > >> to > > >> get the procedural texture to work. This way is somewhat easier if > you > > >> just > > >> want to draw text the way vgui does. If you need to upload text where > you > > >> already have the raw image data then use the procedural texture. > Likewise > > >> if > > >> you wanted to read image data from a video decoder or unsupported > image > > >> format. > > >> > > >> Regards, > > >> > > >> Paul > > >> > > >> On Nov 15, 2007 1:19 PM, Janek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >> > -- > > >> > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > >> > Thx Mike. I'll read that again and again. At the moment I don't > > >> understand > > >> > everything. I hope I can write text using this method but I'm not > sure. > > >> > > > >> > 2007/11/15, Mike Durand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> > > > > >> > > Try this: > > >> > > > > >> > > http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Procedural_Materials > > >> > > > > >> > > -----Original Message----- > > >> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Janek > > >> > > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 7:45 AM > > >> > > To: [email protected] > > >> > > Subject: [hlcoders] Dynamically creating material including text > > >> > > > > >> > > -- > > >> > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > >> > > Hi all, > > >> > > > > >> > > I would like to know if it is possible to dynamically create a > > >> > > clean IMaterial (client side only) in which I write some texts > which > > >> can > > >> > > be > > >> > > an argument like "My text" or whatever. > > >> > > I know the materials->FindMaterial( name, group ) which is using > an > > >> > > exisiting material. What I want is to create my own one > dynamically > > >> coz > > >> > > I > > >> > > don't know what text will be in this material. > > >> > > > > >> > > Any idea ? > > >> > > -- > > >> > > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > >> > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > >> > > archives, > > >> > > please visit: > > >> > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > >> > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > >> > > archives, > > >> > > please visit: > > >> > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > -- > > >> > ------------------- > > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > -- > > >> > > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > >> > please visit: > > >> > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > >> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > >> please visit: > > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ------------------- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > -- ------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
